State constitutions and criminal justice
Title:
State constitutions and criminal justice
Author:
Latzer, Barry, 1945-
ISBN:
9780313389429
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Publication Information:
New York : Greenwood Press, 1991.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xi, 218 p.)
Series:
Contributions in legal studies, no. 65
Contributions in legal studies ; no. 65.
Contents:
Preface; Introduction; 1. Supreme Court Authority over the State Courts; 2. Search and Seizure I; 3. Search and Seizure II; 4. Miranda and Self-Incrimination; 5. Right to Counsel and to Confront Adverse Witnesses; 6. Cruel and Unusual Punishment; 7. Double Jeopardy; 8. The New Federalism: A Reassessment; Appendix A: A Note on the Search and Seizure Provisions of the U.S. and the State Constitutions; Appendix B: A Note on the Self-Incrimination Provisions of the U.S. and the State Constitutions
Abstract:
The new Judicial Federalism is a significant development in American law: more cases are being decided by state constitutions than ever before in history. In this book, Barry Latzer provides the most thorough treatment available of the criminal law aspects of the New Federalism. His comprehensively researched and documented analysis of the state law movement covers all fifty states over the past two decades.
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